Kevin Featherstone

Career Early life and career Kevin Featherstone was born in Washington, D.C., on February 26, 1971, and later moved to Sterling, Virginia.

Thrasher agreed to train him and Featherstone eventually made his professional debut in 1987. That same month, he took part in a 4 Way Dance with Master of Disaster, Jake "The Machine" Davis and "Epic" Cashis Carter in Ben Salem on August 28, 2001. While he and Cashis Carter were brawling outside the ring, Master of Disaster ended up winning the match via referee decision. On May 18, 2002, Featherstone faced NWL Heavyweight Champion John Rambo in his first "hardcore wrestling" match. The ring ropes and corner were wrapped in barbed wire while 20 lumberjacks stood at ringside. At the end of the month, he and Spazman Anthony won the NWL Tag Team Championship from The Highwaymen (Leslie Leatherman and Jake "The Machine" Davis) on December 28, 2002, although their alliance lasted a few weeks when Featherstone was forced to surrender the belts back to Leatherman and Davis when Anthony no-showed a scheduled title defense a week later. On February 8, 2003, he and John Rambo unexpectedly ended The Highwaymen's third title reign and defended the titles for over three months until their loss to Leatherman & Flex Fenom on May 24.

That summer, Featherstone regained the heavyweight title from Latin Tornado in Martinsburg, West Virginia July 8. He won the title once more from Tank Thomas on August 30, being awarded the belt via forfeit, before finally losing the title to Pirate of the Caribbean in a Dog Collar match on September 6, 2003. They remained undefeated for a record 3 months until an injury suffered by Featherstone caused the two to surrender the titles on January 6, 2004.

Featherstone wrestled in a few single matches during the next few months. He wrestled Professor Egon Ecton and Headshrinker Samu in May and, with Scott Vaughn, defeated Egon Ecton & Pirate of the Caribbean in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania at the end of the month. When their successors, Nikolai Volkoff & Morgus the Maniac, were stripped as champions for failing to defend the titles within a 60-day period, Old School regained the belts in a tag team match against R.D. Lov'n & Deuce Donnatelli in Hagerstown on July 3, 2004.

While still HoPWF Tag Team Champions, they attempted but failed to win the vacant NWL Tag Team titles from Buzz Stryker & Morgus The Maniac in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on October 9.

That same month, Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell was killed by a crazed fan for allegedly causing the band's breakup. A longtime heavy metal fan, Featherstone grew his trademark beard in tribute of his passing. A month later, he and Deuce Donnatelli fought to a time limit draw in Hagerstown on February 1. On March 19, he and Scott Vaughn lost the HoPWF Tag Team Championship to The Super Destroyers (A. J. Petrucci & Doug Stahl) in Newville, Pennsylvania. They failed to defeat them in a rematch on April 2.

On August 9, Featherstone and Vaughn were guests on a special edition of Mike Trash's Trash Talking Radio Show. Guest hosting the show was then NWL Cruiserweight Champion "Jackpot" Jimmy Jessup. Both Featherstone and his partner discussed their careers and promoted an upcoming NWL show in Newville which included Johnny Valliant in a one-man comedy show about his wrestling career. Featherstone also partly did a live broadcast from the NWL/HoPWF event he was at and, during the course of the interview, informed Jessup that he'd been stripped of his title for not appearing at the show.

Championships and accomplishments House of Pain Wrestling Federation HoPWF Heavyweight Championship (3 times) HoPWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Scott Vaughn National Wrestling League NWL Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Spazman Anthony (1), John Rambo (1) and Scott Vaughn (3)